Artist Statement  

Over the last year I have been documenting the toys and artifacts of my two young

children. I am fascinated by what remains in those relics of our childhood.

By incorporating my daughters’ early attempts at writing letters and numbers

on those beautifully faded lined papers from early elementary school, I feel that I am

painting over the intimate background  of their childhood. Each toy, each page, each relic carries a memory, and I am fascinated by the power and sentiment they hold.

Along with the toys, I have been exploring map making through my paintings.

I enjoy the calligraphic iconography of maps. These are my inner landscapes.

They reflect my sense of balance or instability as I watch our tumultuous times both

politically and environmentally. The painted maps are not about a particular place on the earth. They reflect  my fascination with migration patterns, and the forces of

our natural world.